Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody! I just love the beginning of a new year! It is fresh, sparkly and new and brimming with wonderful opportunities. It is a special time where we can reflect on and be grateful for the year that has passed and look forward to beautiful experiences ahead!

Over at ARTastic, there is a new scrappy challenge to enjoy! This month, our inspiration will come from "Luncheon of the Boating Party" by Renoir.

Here are the details...

For an extra 6 bonus points try and work the following into your layout;

1. Scrap a celebration - 1pt

2. Three or more people in the layout - 2pts

3. Food somewhere on the layout - 3pts

My layout is called "Sweet". This was a lovely challenge and I thought the extra criteria were fantastic! I scrapped a photo of my girls and my Mum while we celebrated Caitlyn's birthday... she is the one without the crown. I have all of the criteria covered - three people, a celebration and I have food (cupcakes) on the gorgeous Webster's paper. I added some pretty flowers too. I really enjoyed having some time to scrap again! Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Christmas Is Just Around The Corner...

A new month means a new challenge over at ARTastic. December's inspiration will come from the painting 'The Mystical Nativity' by Botticelli. Here are the extra details...
Diva Demand for an extra 6 bonus points try and work the following into your layout;
1. Angel/s - 1pt
2. Gold embossing (somewhere on the page) - 2pts
3. A stable - 3 pts

I found this month to be challenging, but once I got the stable and embossing sorted, it was all systems go with the flowers and papers! Here is an image of the Botticelli and my take on the challenge. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

November ARTastic Inspiration

A new month has rolled around so quickly! Over at ARTastic, there is a fabulous challenge happening this month. November's inspiration will come from the painting 'The Beach' by Chris Wake, so it is time to get those family beach holiday photos out!

Diva Demand - For an extra 6 bonus points try and work the following into your layout;
1 pt - Either a sandcastle, bucket and spade or beach towel
2 pts - A few seagulls
3 pts - A family beach photo or similar

Here is my DT example for the month. I used a photo of my girls at our local beach - such a pretty photo of sisterly love! I kept the layout in soft white and off white tones like the background of the painting. I included a scalloped arch as the painting background had a hint of this shape too. I have also used the colours of the swimming costumes of the people in the painting for the main flower - white, red and black. Hope to see you over at ARTastic this month! xxx

About You

I love this photo of my gorgeous daughter so much that this is the second time I have scrapped it lately... She is such an angel in disguise! This layout was for an Enchanted Scrapbooking cybercrop challenge. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Layout Share...

Here are a few layouts that I wanted to pop up and share... I really love scrapping one large photo at the moment. I am hoping to finish off a layout today of my gorgeous hubby playing soccer.
It is our eleven year wedding anniversary today and I can honestly say I love this man more and more each day! I am one lucky girl! I hope you are having a gorgeous Sunday! xxx

October ARTastic Inspiration

Here is a look at what is happening over at ARTastic this month. We have a painting by Rupert Bunny titled "A Summer Morning". It is time to get shabby chic or vintage and start scrapping! Here is my DT layout... I scrapped one of my favourite photos of my gorgeous little angel and added lots of pretty bits and pieces, vines, flowers, pearls and beautiful papers. I had so much fun creating this layout! Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Diva Demand for an extra 6 bonus points:
1. Shades of pink - 1 pt
2. Pink Rose/s - 2pts
3. White bird/s - 3pts

A Quick Share

I just wanted to pop in and add a layout I finished a while ago of my gorgeous little girl... what an angel! I loved putting this flower cluster together... I added a few of my handmade lollipop flowers and added some pink, girly flower goodness!
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

My Latest Set

Here is my latest set of cards. I had so much fun making them!
I added as many embellishments as I could to each one! LOL...
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

A Few More Cards

The school holidays are rolling on and I have had time to make a few more cards to donate. By the time I am finished I will have over thirty cards and I am hoping to drop them in to Youthcare later this week. My apologies for the ordinary photography. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Lending A Hand

I have been making heaps of card bases lately and now that we are back from holidays, I can take out my tags, flowers and bling and embellish them all! Here are a few cards I made last week... the first one is an engagement card and the others will go toward the stash of cards I will be donating.

My hubby is supporting Youthcare who assist young people in the area who are homeless or in temporary accommodation. He even got his class fundraising and they all got into the local magazine! One way I have been helping is to make cards (with a stamped envelope) so these people can send word to loved ones.
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Bella Cards

Here are some cards I finished on the weekend. I made a set of six and have included a few pictures below. One card is for a birthday and I will give the others to my hubby who is supporting a local charity. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

June Bug Cards

Here are some cards that I finished sometime ago, but I still wanted to pop them up here. I used the gorgeous June Bug range from Basic Grey, white embossed dots bazzill and some handmade lollypop flowers. I made a set of six and I've included a few here... Thanks for stopping by! xxx

A Quick Share

Here is a card I made a little while ago with some scraps from a mini album. (I really should finish the mini album these holidays!) I stamped the birdie onto acetate and added lots of bright flowers, buttons and red pearls for berries. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

A Little Toot!

Now that I have school holidays, I may be able to post more often! I have a set of cards in the previous issue of "Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft", so if you have this magazine, check out the "Cardmaking on a Budget" feature on page 72. I love the way they photographed my cards, they did such a beautiful job! Thanks for stopping by! xxx

September Inspiration for ARTastic

Here is a look at what is happening over at ARTastic this month. We have a painting by Frida Kahlo titled "Self Portrait with Monkey". It is time to get those pet photos out and start scrapping! Shelee was kind enough to give me a beautiful black and white photo of her gorgeous Holly as we have no pets of our own... thank you so much Shelee! xxx

Diva demand for an extra 6 bonus points:
1. A photo of you or family member with your pet/pets - 1pt
2. Shades of brown and orange on your layout - 2pts
3. A single tropical flower or plant - 3pts

A Few Cards...

Here are a few cards I have created... I have been trying to use up some yummy Basic Grey scraps and have added one of my lollipop flowers too. I can never have too many flowers and I love making my own! Thanks for stopping by! xxx

A month of Monet!

This month at ARTastic, we are inspired by Claude Monet and his painting 'Sunset'. This is such a beautiful and peaceful painting!
It is time to get those sunset photos out and match them up with some blue and green! Here are the details...

Diva demand for an extra 6 bonus points, try and work the following into your layout, card or OTP project ...

1. Sun or sunset = 1pt

2. Shades of blue and green on your layout = 2pts

3. A cut out black silhouette image = 3pts

Entries for 'Sunset' will close Sunday 29th August at midnight.

Here is the painting and my DT submission...

Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Grow

Here is a layout I completed a little while ago, but I hadn't popped it up on my blog yet... The photo was taken while we were on holidays at Port Macquarie. We stopped at this amazing lighthouse with the most breathtaking ocean views and we happily took photos for quite some time. I can thank my wonderful hubby for taking this gorgeous photo of our daughter. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Hey Birdie

Here is a layout I have just finished for the July sketch challenge over at Enchanted. I love the 'Hey Birdie' Kaiser range so much!
It is gorgeous and makes me smile each time I see it!
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Great News!

I have some great news to share... I have been invited back to the ARTastic Challenge Blog as part of their DT team! This is so exciting for me and I am thankful to Shazza for her support this year. She has written a lovely post about my scrapping *blush* and you can check it out here. This month at ARTastic the inspirational painting is 'The Card Sharpes' by Carravaggio.
The added criteria are;
1. A playing card (1 point)
2. Brown tones (2 points)
3. A feather (3 points)
You can find all of the details here. My layout is called 'Fun Times'. I was inspired by the people in the painting playing a game and thought these photos of my daughter hitting golf balls would suit nicely. I added different of shades of brown in the papers, flowers, ribbon, pearls and bling. I have a playing card in the flower cluster, but I didn't have any feathers in my stash to add to the layout. Thanks for sharing in my wonderful news! xxx

100 Posts!

Wow... I cannot believe I am up to 100 posts! Pretty cool hey?
Here is a layout I finished on the weekend for a cybercrop challenge over at Enchanted. It is rare to get a photo of the four of us together because I am usually behind the camera!
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Carefree

Can you tell I am on school holidays? I am scrapping and blogging my heart out! Here is a layout of Miss C having some fun on her scooter. I cannot believe I took this photo in January... it only seemed like a few weeks ago. I actually had to re-check the date on the camera! Enchanted has a cybercrop this weekend and this is what I came up with for one of the challenges.
Hope you are having a fab day! xxx